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verb

Abide v. t.

1.

To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. "I will abide the coming of my lord." Note: ((Obs.), with a personal object. "Bonds and afflictions abide me."

2.

To endure; to sustain; to submit to. "(Thou) shalt abide her judgment on it."

3.

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. "She could not abide Master Shallow."

4.

Note: (Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. "Dearly I abide that boast so vain."

Abide v. i. (past & past part. abode, formerly abid; pres. part. abiding)

1.

To wait; to pause; to delay. (Obs.)

2.

To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. "Let the damsel abide with us a few days."

3.

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. "Let every man abide in the same calling."

Followed by by:

To abide by.

(a)

To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. "The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first."

(b)

To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.

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... here. Zeems not after the way that chap talked about shooting us down and zetting them dogs at us. Why, one of 'em's stronger than us, and a zet-to wi' one of 'em wouldn't be nice. Bit of a coward, I s'pose, for I can't abide being bitten ...

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... oath. Next day lettres de cachet were issued, banishing to different parts of the kingdom all the members, except those of the great chamber, which the court did not find more tractable than their brethren. They forthwith resolved to abide by the two resolutions mentioned above; and, as an instance of their unshaken fortitude, ordered an ecclesiastic to be taken into custody for refusing the sacraments. This spirited measure involved them in the fate of the rest; for ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett

... got to say, Mr Gooch?" asked the farmer. "You know as well as I do that I have no wish to leave this farm. It will be a heavy loss to me to give it up, and I am determined to abide ...

— The Rival Crusoes • W.H.G. Kingston

... direct thy limbs," replied he then, "and so may thy fame shine after thee, say if courtesy and valor abide in our city as they were wont, or if they have quite gone forth from it? For Guglielmo Borsiere,[1] who is in torment with us but short while, and goes yonder with our companions, afflicts ...

— The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell [The Inferno] • Dante Alighieri

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